- Pain Management 25th October 2006
... the pain management her in the states and I have a morphine pump inplant to help control my nerve damage. They...
- percocet 23rd October 2006
... Yes please be careful with the patch......I was on morphine sulfate 15 mgs 5 times aday until my dr. put me on...
... there. i am not even sure about the conversion of morphine , but think you may not have even been on enough morphine...
- Baclofen pump 21st October 2006
... problems may be a unique problem with baclofen the way morphine is when you use concentrations above 30mgs per ml...
- Help From Those With Experience 21st October 2006
... first doc was kind, and she just kept bumping up the morphine .. For 2 years I was in a stupor, but totally in pain...
... tell you why he would use MSC instead of short acting morphine to get passed a hump unless he's going for the combined...
- New pain doctor......... 21st October 2006
... unbearable, and I have had an easy 25 injections,surgery, morphine pump implant etc. It was the worst pain I believe ... that the only thing my PM doctor recommended was a morphine Pump as a last resort. I do get substantial relief...
- Methadone and MS Contin questions 18th October 2006
... you are thinking, you will get the benefits of the Morphine , you just won't get any high when taking it with the...
... blocking dose for methadone is 80-120mgs meaning that the morphine you take will do nothing for you.Strange,you would ... narcotic and doesn't act the same as oxycodone or morphine and that has been the problem with people od'ing on ... tolerent won't get the opiate buzz they are used to from morphine ect.Still,I don't understand why he did this.I hope ... you don't have to pay out of pocket for the morphine .The other thing is 30mgs bid is a very low dose for...
- Cymbalta added to OxyContin,Dilaudid problems 18th October 2006
... than twice a day.
Avinza is a long-acting form of morphine and might be more helpful to you.
I'm not a physician...
... day is the norm. It is the same thing with MSContin ( morphine ) while the mfg state it is a 12 hour medication it...
- differences between oxymorphone and hydromorphone?? 15th October 2006
... chart that hydromorphone is 5 times stronger than morphine and Oxymorphone is 7 times stronger than morphine...
... conversion. IV oxymorphone is 10 times stronger than IV morphine mg to mg. However , orally it's only 3 times stronger ... than oral morphine due to poor bioavailabilty, acording to the full prescribin ... manufacturer reccomends a 3:1 conversion from oral morphine to Opana "oral oxymorphone"
Also, it's just as...
- Fentynol patch 14th October 2006
... After 2 years on morphine they switched me to fentanly and it gave me my life...
- side effects from pain pump with dilaudid 13th October 2006
... If you went in and said you take 600 mgs of oral morphine per day or 200 mgs of dilaudid, they would blame the ... effect. Perhaps a change in IT meds to Fentanyl or morphine , but dilaudid is dilaudid, regardles of how you take...
- Any Kadian users? 10th October 2006
... Kadian is the smoothest sustained relief morphine .
If you compare Kadian,Avinza, and MS Contin you ... with TID dosing.
The only complaint i have about morphine is the constipation and sweating....
... for the information! This is the first for me on morphine and it sounds like Kadian is one of the best morphine...
- Chronic Pain - Bowels 10th October 2006
... was there. He could be getting a constant dose of Morphine or something to bring his pain level down.
Is there...
... be to get someone qualified to give him a shot of morphine as this makes a person drowsy, then when it takes...
- new med 9th October 2006
... my doc gave me a choice between Oxycontin or a LA morphine .
I chose Morphine because I felt as though i built...
- I dont see many on this board using Methadone... why is that? 8th October 2006
... 90mg because I was having severe nausea from the morphine . I was great the first week, I had no pain, but when ... severe urinary retention. I have mild retention with Morphine , but the Methadone was horrendous, I was lucky to ... dose. If the Methadone doesn't work out you could try Morphine if you haven't tried it yet. I find the biggest problem ... with the Morphine is nausea and constipation but medication for both ... that it causes severe insomnia at times. You can take morphine 3 times a day as well but of course the half life...
... I started methadone I had been taking 3,000mgs of morphine a day.Talk about big time depression from all that ... morphine .The methadone took all the depression away,I put on...
... Hydrocodone and said that the only option I had then was a Morphine Pump. I never went back to that Doctor again because...
... thats given me relief is lyrica so far. I have tried morphine and diludad and fentaynl which all seem not to work...
- Morphine vs vicoden 8th October 2006
... does the trick, but you questoon is pretty simple.
Morphine is the gold standard to which other opiates are compered ... conversion is .8:1 meaning hydro is roughly 80% as srong as morphine . So 22.5mgs of hydro is roughly equal to15-16 mgs ... of morphine . This is talking instant release or short acting oral ... morphine . The way long acting opiates work like MSContin or ... release is about 5 hours later. So 30 mgs of long acting morphine is equal to taking 15 mgs of short acting every 4 ... for your next dose.
There are some longer acting morphine products called Avinza and Kadian that last 12-24 ... suppresion unless your allergic to the natural opioids like morphine and codeine.
Morphine tends to be more sedating...
- 180 mg oxycodene,need something different 7th October 2006
...
I dont know if age is a factor when it comes to morphine pumps but i would do some research ask a doctor who...
- Even Oxycontin not helping 6th October 2006
... side effects. We then tried Kadian, a long-acting morphine , which made me nauseous. I'm now on Oxycontin, 20...
... of pain with any of these drugs, including Kadian ( morphine ) and Oxycontin. The Percocet takes the edge off but...
... spinal fusion L5/S1 that supplies a constant supply of morphine delivered via a cathedar slightly under your skin...
... helping. After much discussion with my PM doc I had a morphine pump implanted. I'm young (30's) and was facing a...
- Medtronic Intrathecal Pump ? 6th October 2006
... There is a VHS Tape as well on the Codman 3000 morphine pump. I feel I am lucky in the sense that I didn't ... know that much information about a morphine pump before it was implanted but my Doctor installed ... me that both oral and the intrecal pump medicine ( Morphine ) compete for the receptors on the spine that block ... increases in the 3 meds that they put into my pump ( Morphine /Clonadine/Baclofen). I have been getting a few headaches...
- control of debilitating muscle spasms 6th October 2006
... therpaies use the pumps some of us have to deliever morphine to deliver Baclofen. I've read several times that...
... therpaies use the pumps some of us have to deliever morphine to deliver Baclofen. I've read several times that...
- Thanks Shoreline 4th October 2006
... I biounced between 120 mhgs of meth and 600 mgs of morphine "kadian/mscontin" I really didn'tlike the way it made ... and refills. Going from meth to IT "intrathecal" morphine was like going from a very grey depressed world to ... between adjustments sucks.
I was able to switch to morphine 3 times and once we had my dose figured out it was ... was worth it because my head felt much clearer on morphine .
Everyone is different though. Some folks tolerate...
... tolerant to inside of a year.I was taking 3,000mgs of morphine a day before I got on methadone,it was crazy.The problem ... was even at those high amounts of morphine it wasn't taking my pain away and it was making me...
... Basically I went from 100 -200 to 360.Switched to morphine and using 10 granms of androgel a day my T levels ... The only thing that changed was going from meth to morphine , so we cut back to one pack a day, I ended up switching ...
Eventuyally I had the pump put in, I did fine on morphine but they switched me to dilaudid to extend time between...
- From Opana ER back to Methadone 4th October 2006
... of insurance. When I had insurance I would use a LA morphine product, and when I didn't have insuirance I used ... through about 2 weeks of misery where taking more morphine really didn't make a difference because I still wasn ... simply not true. Meth has all the properties that morphine or oxyMorphone have but the other meds don't have ... it every time, even whhen I switched from meth to a morphine pump. It wasn't a matter of not enough morphine all...
- spinal hemangioma: pain 4th October 2006
... here the most and what the makers of the implantable morphine pumps recomend and call a succesful pump.
Not...
- mechanical pain 4th October 2006
... trying a baclofen pump.instead of using things like morphine in it,they just use baclofen instead,this does have...
- Discogram:what to expect after procedure 2nd October 2006
... ineffective within a 1 1/2 years. I now have a Codman Morphine pump that has given me back 50% of my life and take...
- How can a pharmacist change a prescription? 2nd October 2006
... pain or that it doesn't compare to someone that takes morphine . It's great you found a combo that works, your problem...
- Morphine Pump Advice Please help "BAD HEADACHES" 1st October 2006
... medication itself...sometimes with higher concentrations of morphine , people get headaches. Check your blood pressure...
... move about too much.
The other posibility is that morphine is causing the headache. It is a side effect because ... morphine increases inner cranial pressure. You may have reached ... the max amount of morphine you can tolerate. If your simply getting no relief ... have to do that at a follow up apt.
If it is the morphine causing the headache, hopefully it's a side effect...
... leaking somewhere. I am on an extremely low dosage of Morphine , that is what my doctor told me and the headaches...
- questions reguarding medication 30th September 2006
... for you mentally and physcially for you then taken Morphine . I took Oxicotine for 21/2years and know that it is...
... posted a thread about the patch. Says that it is not morphine base and is a better pain reliever. Really don't know...
- Conversion Question 29th September 2006
... report that too. It may take much more fentanyl than morphine or less Oxy mg to mg, or mcg in this case. If you...
... have an instant release, Avinza does release some morphine instantly. Based on that, Avinza would seem to be...
... your correct about 100ugh being equiv to 300-400 of morphine acording to sevreal guides, that's why your kadian ... Duragesic than he is with the equivelent levels of morphine .
I know you tried to get your doc to adjust the ... morphine , for whetever reason he's more comfy with the patch...
- Is a life of pain medicine it? 29th September 2006
... different meds and techniques and eventually an implanted morphine pump to get the pain under control to where I could...
- Pain Meds & Diarrhea 28th September 2006
... Morphine is what's made nearly all of my IBS symptoms and problems...
- Chronic Pain - nothing helping 27th September 2006
... from hip,pedicle screws/plates/cage etc. I now have a Morphine pump as the surgery made my pain worse, way worse ... thier, I ended up at the end of the line, a implanted Morphine Pump, it is for the rest of my time on Earth so go...
- Dependency Vs. Addiction 27th September 2006
... meds first hydro then by year 4 i was on 15 mgs of morphine 3 or 4 times aday. I never took over what the Dr. ... because I wouldn't make it through surgery:blob_fire . Morphine finally stopped working at that dose and we didn't...
... taking too much.
Your Doc could have raised your morphine dosage...I don't know what excuse he gave you for ... since the patch did not work, he could have raised the morphine or considered a different opiate like oxycontin or...
- Morphine Pump 27th September 2006
... To jump from hydrocodone to a morphine pump is way way premature. There are many other more ... costs around $25,000. If the doctor insists on the morphine pump or limiting the medications to hydrocodone, you ... husband to try to titrate other potent medicines. The morphine pump should be the last option....
... goes into your spine. It delivers a constant flow of morphine . Mine works by hydralichs (sp??) and will hopefully ... approx. every 2 months to have my pump filled. The morphine does not have an preservatives in it so whatever is ... no adverse side effects and that he tolarates the morphine well. If that goes well then they can go ahead with...
... It is far too premature to even consider having an morphine pump installed considering your husband is on a fairly ... vast amount of medications to be tried first such as Morphine , Oxycontin, Methadone and even Fentanyl. Any doctor ... who suggest a patient get a morphine pump only after being on Vicodin needs to be reviewed ... levels of pain medication, for example 400 mgs of morphine a day. These individuals who get pumps get no relief ... as would it help his legs at night? probably not. Morphine or narcotics do not control spasms, they stop pain ... edications. He may find that something as simple as 90mg of morphine to be far more effective than the Vicondin he is currently...
... that can be used:
Long acting or sustained release: morphine CR (Avinza, Kadian, MS Contin, Oramorph), methadone ... hydromorphone, tramadol, meperidine, propoxyphene, morphine , codeine, dihydrocodeine, pentazocine, fentanyl transmucosa ... pain doc do a "one shot" trial where a single shot of morphine or hydromorphone (dilaudid) is given...this does not...
... I have had a Codman Morphine pump since Dec 20, 2004. The medicines that you just...
... seeing at the time was letting me give my own self Morphine injections and I got hooked on that stuss and was ... no more. I can't go on like this and I dropped the Morphine like a bad habit and never had anymore of it.
What ... surgery back in January did have him on Oxycotin and Morphine both while he was in the hospital and then he sent...
... variety of meds that can be used, but most common is morphine with baclofen added if spasticity is a problem. Fentanyl...
- Nausea 26th September 2006
... like a dog with fleas. My next step would either be morphine or methdone. I am not ready yet for the stronger meds ... tolerancy over time and I wonder whats next after morphine !? You know what I mean. Other forms of oxycodone mixed...
- Need help with ?? on too much sleep, not response, wondering why 26th September 2006
... improved quality of life or higher levels of function. Morphine is more sedating than some of the other meds but if ... you tried. 100ugh is equivelant to 300-400 mgs of Morphine a day. Once you go to that much opiate and stay there ... long enough, the 100 mgs of morphine you take now won't be any where near as effective...
- Fentynol Patch...anyone familiar with 24th September 2006
... horrible experience with it. First and foremost it is MORPHINE !!!!! According to the dr it is equilivant to 14 percocets ... . No! MORPHINE !!!!! It states so one the paper the drugstore gives...
... Dear Scrufysdad,
Fentanyl is not morphine . It is roughly 10 times as potent as morphine, but ... If the paperwork states that your medication IS morphine , I would have that pharmacist check it out. They...
... patch, as mentioned by others, contains fentanyl, not morphine . And a 25 mcg patch is relatively a low dose. I wear...
... can see, it's the same as Pethidine, which is NOT morphine but a synthetic version of all of those types of pain...
- Liquid Morphine 23rd September 2006
... Only a doctor IV morphine . There is no recommended dose....depends on many many...
- Don't let pain meds run out........ 23rd September 2006
... Since seeing him I have went from Fentanyl patches to Morphine , of which I only took for a week-had severe pain and...
- Went to the ER this evening...more frustrated than ever! 22nd September 2006
... are given breakthru meds such as Vicodin, Percocet, Morphine , etc to use in conjunction with the patch to help...
... That's my opinion.
Since fentanyl is stronger than morphine , you might consider working with your doctor on toughing...
... coming home from the hospital after 2 weeks of IV morphine or dilaudid and then expecting Vicodin to prevenet...
... fillers such OxyIR (oxycodone instant-release), MSIR ( morphine instant-release), etc. But I personally would only...
- has anyone taken MSIR ?? 22nd September 2006
... will it help the pain????
I am afraid to take it... morphine ??? wow, that is scary..
If anyone has taken this...
... Hi Sage, Morphine is just the gold standard to which other drugs are ... compared. Oxycodone is actually 50% stronger than morphine , So going from 10 mgs of oxycodone to 15 mgs of morphine ... percs.
If you haven't been exposed to as much morphine or as long, likely your doc is hoping the slight difference ... from one opiate to another may provide better relief. Morphine isn't stronger mg:mg and the dose isn't high enough ... equal, the difference is in the class of opiates.
Morphine itself can cause headaches because it increases inner ... recent than 6 months.
Don't worry, most people think morphine is the big daddy of pain meds when in fact it's one ... potent. Methadone is also several times stronger than morphine when compared mg to mg. It's just a stigma attached ... opiates are benign, it's just that taking 15 mgs of morphine is no stronger than taking 10 mgs of oxy. Morphine ... nausea, and constipation are also more common with morphine and codeine but it does get better. Morphine is a...
... drug as it sounded. One of my major problems with morphine is that it makes me very, very, very ill...thow up ... 1/2 years ago...yikes...) I didn't realize it was morphine when I was given the script.
I still haven't...
- New here...My story.. 22nd September 2006
... take Duragesic, but I have no problems at all with morphine . You have not mentioned any other medications other ... kidneys as opposed to short acting.
There's still Morphine , Methadone and Oxycontin which should be tried before ... your doctor about trying something different, perhaps Morphine or Methadone. Oxycontin does work but members here...
- Just wanted to ask a question. 22nd September 2006
... when I tell them that nothing works. Injections of morphine (from er) have never taken the pain away. Very rarely...
- Need help figuring out why I have side effects 21st September 2006
... contin. I usually get a generic brand called ratio morphine . This time I got a brand called PMS-Morphine Sulfate...
- New Member seeking help 20th September 2006
... but 150mg of fentayl patches is getting 600 mg of morphine continiously...I have been off the patches for three...
... is nothing more that can be done for me. I have a morphine pump implanted that I will have for the rest of my...
- Effectiveness of pain management? 20th September 2006
... known if a person is in SEVERE pain and given doses of Morphine or demerol the med. might stop the pain but doesn...
- Perm Spinal Cord Stimulator 18th September 2006
... was well taken care of. They basically quadrupled my morphine via a pump and once the pump was gone they resumed ... my normal morphine schedule and added 2 Percocet every 6 hours plus medication...
- Questions on new Meds..... 16th September 2006
... question is
since I have no side effects from the morphine should she just increase that?
or try another LA...
- Which is stronger...? 14th September 2006
... they have to give me something more powerful...maybe morphine or demerol (sp?) would help..:)
In my book there...
... hydrocodone, is oxycotton, or roxycotton, percocet, and morphine derivatives. They all have higher degrees of addiction...
- A lil cautious now...here's why 13th September 2006
... fairly certain I am going to need an increase in the
morphine and also I am going to ask for a rx for Lidoderm Patches...
... for a replacement of stronger medications such as Morphine or Oxycontin. It also has the benifit supposibly...
... It was done because of the increasing shortage of morphine available. It was some time after the war that it...
- best way to stop taking oxycotin 12th September 2006
... on the drug suboxone, or subutex. It's a detox for morphine . My dr put me on it after my surgery and when I was...
- Anyone have a pain pump? 11th September 2006
... lifetime commitment. If a hundred mgs oof long acting morphine tywice a day willanage your pain, why go through such ... Allthough a pump is less impairing, you still have a morphine pump in ya, It's not exactly dinner or office converstaion...
- Opana ER New Pain Med? 7th September 2006
... getting adequate relief from 90mg daily plus 45mg morphine ir. "?"
It's a LITERAL pain in the a$$--lol...
- methadone treatment 7th September 2006
... of up to 36hrs.You need to be taking large doses of morphine or diluadid to be able to switch over and handle methadone...
... compared to the medicine he had me on. He switched my morphine to methadone 1:1. One of the members here mentioned...
... asleep. My Doc says Methadone and a Long Half-Life Morphine Prep are the only meds he will discuss or consider...
- Just alittle pain question..... 6th September 2006
... recovering morphine physically depent person here.......Dr got caught...
... after realizing the relief you received with the morphine , I think you will be disappointed.
I can think...
... increasing) effect. Oxycontin comes in Extended Release. Morphine has several Extended Release brands.
It's NORMAL...
... when things get unbearable......:) Dee....Believe morphine was to strong......slepted all the time....
... After 75 mg of morphine aday will anything help with the pain....:blob_fire...
... 75 mgs of morphine a day is a small amount.How were you taking it ie...
... Hi Dee, 75 mgs of morphine really isn't that much stronger than 70 mgs of hydrocodone ... . Morphine is just the gold standard to which other pain meds ... are compared in strength. Oxycodone is stronger than morphine by about 50% mg to mg, Dilaudid is 3-7 times stronger ... , meth is 3-10 times stronger than morphine . The only ceiling you would hit is the amount of tylenol...
... meds before we found I could get relief and handle morphine but, he screwed up and now it looks like I am too...
- tramacet,(tramadol) 6th September 2006
... works on some of the same receptors that opiates ( morphine ect) do and can make you feel like you've taken an...
- How do you know... 5th September 2006
... with different goals in mind.
Even with implanted morphine pumps, the goal is 50% pain reduction. 50% is just...
- Do all pain meds cause increased body temp? 5th September 2006
... oxycodone and mg to mg oxycodone is stronger than morphine so I would expect greater side effects, more constipation...
- Nerve pain being in the head? 3rd September 2006
... your pain their is no point in trying methadone or morphine .
Antidepressants have a completely different role...
- frustrated and need help 2nd September 2006
... that I've been through, but I now have an implanted morphine pump and am permanently disabled.
It took me 5...
- If YOU had a choice:Lumbar Fusion or Morphine Pump? 2nd September 2006
... surgery do you harm in the long run. I for one feel the morphine pump would be advised for people who had had surgery ... through it all again just to have my life somewhat back. Morphine is a very serious drug and keep in mind if you don...
... science catches up with me.
No one wants to be on morphine the rest of their life. Unless you are terminal,...
... other activities 100% of the time. It takes 180mg of morphine and 150mg of demerol to conquer the pain centers....
... Because you have already said you have a problem with Morphine due to your asthma surgery may be a better choice...
... t that way.
Did anyone tell you the medtronics morphine pump had a remote control? And that the battery life...
... sometimes than others but is always "there". I can't take morphine , makes me sick. I'm now on OxyContin (long-acting...
- has anyone taken all of their MRI's to 1 radiologist? 1st September 2006
... had the first blood test done to check on how much morphine I had in me. ZERO!! Avinza only lasts about 12-15...
- Break through pain 31st August 2006
... had a hip replacement 2 weeks ago. I am currently on Morphine and have been for some 2 or so years for multiple ... conditions. While in the hospital for 7 days I was on Morphine and 2 Percocet every 6 hours. (had a pain pump post ... prescribe BT meds for some crazy reason. He had upped my Morphine to 120 a day just prior to the surgery, I take it ... twelve hours, specifically after about 8 when the morphine no longer works (I was on 30 every 8 hours previously ... understand why he'd give me Duragesic patches with the Morphine but not give me any BT meds when he was told I could...
- Upping Neurontin in One Dose? 31st August 2006
... neurontin too. The only drug I have not just "quit" is morphine . I know better than to do it. No label necessary...
- fentanyl and oxycodone 31st August 2006
... hours after I took my avinza, the blood test showed NO morphine in my blood. I thought this was great. My body was ... processing the morphine and I could drive... morphine free.
WRONG!!!! My PM&R doctor was not a happy ... take. Today is Sept 1, 2006. It is my 272nd day on Morphine . When I showed him that I can account for every single...
- Hi Need to Talk and sorry to say you guys are it 31st August 2006
... Rachel , it stinks I know. I'm taking oxycodone / Morphine for pain. I don't think I'm hooked yet , but I do...
- arrogant doctors 30th August 2006
... tells me I am pretty reasonable. But some days...the morphine doesn't work as well as I would like and ...........
... topic of pain control came up and I said I was on Morphine . He changed his friendly tune completely! His next ... centered around him trying to assure me that I don't need Morphine and that I'm probably addicted in addition to being ... s called my PM to request that she take me off the Morphine (and Percocet for BT) and give me NSAID's instead ... pain from my disease and deformities, but thinks that Morphine is bad for controlling the pain? I don't get it, but...
- Oxycontin Questions Please help 30th August 2006
... the side effects were so bad I couldn't stand it and morphine made my body swell up like a toad. I would hate to...
... tid. 6 pills per day. I have tried methadone and morphine , and they provided fairly good pain relief, but when...
- Seizure meds for muscle spasms 29th August 2006
... a result of having my leg also lengthened. I take Morphine for general pain and baclofen and flexeril for muscle ... spasms. I can tell you that when I took my morphine it did absolutely nothing for the spasms. The baclofen...
- Anyone using 75mg of Fentanyl patch 29th August 2006
... no diferent then going from 200 mgs of Oxycodone or morphine to 300 mgs. 50% is consider a safe increment if your...
- Spinal cord stimulator 24th August 2006
... hope4U2,
What pain pump are you speaking of? Morphine ? Electronic stimulation? I was told to look into ... the Medtronics morphine pump or spinal stimulator. Are these the things you...
- Methadone dosage increase 22nd August 2006
... was on everything from crappy ole propoxyphene to morphine ect for 22 years.I have had 4 lumbar surgeries and...
- stimulant laxatives/opiates 19th August 2006
... Colitis and Medication Induced constipation due to Morphine . I do see a doctor specifically for these conditions...
- Newbie, my story, my questions, my support 18th August 2006
... to who and what. Which med are you talking about. Morphine , Dilaudid, fentanyl or Sufentanyl. I'm at 6 mgs of...
- Change In Label Directions 18th August 2006
... prescribing the patch and BT meds or has prescribed morphine in the past, maybe you could efect they way your doc...
- just got a Medtronics Pump a week ago 16th August 2006
... the pump, I believe there are many options. I have morphine in mine. Once you get up to the level your doctor...
... and they put the pump on the other side. They put morphine and marcane in my pump and I have it turned up from...
... options for me. Now I sit here in my mid 30's with a morphine pump and face a future of life long pain control....
